Indian jawan's bullet-riden body found within hours of kidnapping An Indian army man who was abducted by militants on Thursday afternoon was found dead within few hours. The bullet ridden body of the 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry jawan was found just in Gusso while he was abducted from Pulwama, at a distance of 10 kms. Aurangzeb was a part of the task force that was involved in the encounter that killed A++ category terrorist and local Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Sameer Ahmad Bhat alias Sameer Tiger in May. Aurangzeb was on his way to his native residence at Poonch when the kidnapping took place. The state Police has begun a formal investigation into the matter. As per news reports the RR was under the ‘hit list’ of terrorists as they had foiled 19 terror attacks in the region. __________ Grief, anger over murder of 'fearless' Shujaat Bukhari Several journalists, political leaders and personalities came out to condemn to gruesome murder of veteran journ...

62 killed, several injured in dust-storms in UP, Delhi, West Bengal & Andhra At least 62 were killed and several injured in dust-storm that disrupted life in the country on Sunday. Over 39 were killed in Uttar Pradesh, 12 people including 4 children were killed due to lightning in West Bengal, 9 in Andhra Pradesh and 2 in Delhi as reported by news agency PTI. Two were killed in Bihar's Chhapra after Thunderstorms on Monday. Operations at Delhi airport came to a complete halt due to the dust storm causing diversions of 40 flights and delay of 25 flights. Strong winds knocked down nearly 200 trees and collapsing of walls was also reported from certain areas. Trains were delayed and roads were blocked in states where dust storm hit. The weather department has predicted the situation to remain the same on Monday. _______________ West Bengal Panchayat elections to be held today amidst tight security The highly-anticipated West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2018 will be held...

Series of earthquakes triggered in Hawaii after volcanic eruption Around two earthquakes jolts were felt in Hawaii on early Saturday morning (IST), within a span of an hour, following the Kileau volcano that erupted a day before. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was set off at first, followed by a massive 6.9 jolt, according to the US Geological Survey. Over 1500 population of Pahoa town were asked to leave their homes as lava poured out in around 180 kms in the nearby property. The volcano comes after hundreds of earthquakes, most of them about 2.0 magnitude was recorded in the area since Monday. News reports quoted residents saying the sound of the eruption was like “putting a bunch of rocks into a dryer.” Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which has closed off nearly 6,350 hectares due to “unstable geologic activity”. _________________ Ministers brave mosquitoes in Dalit houses: BJP UP Minister In a shockin...